busy as a bee

so busy today. i've been up since 6:21 taking care of jubal and baking a devil's food cake as well as some yellow cupcakes for hazel and vesta to decorate for the meeting today--brilliant to have a meeting with potluck, everyone is always so starving at those things. it's a baked potato potluck so we are supposed to bring a side dish or dessert as well as a topping--i'm thinking of an herbed butter with rosemary and wondering if the food processor will crush the rosemary sufficiently...we'll see.
also cleaning house in tiny spurts, which is actually the most effective way for me (aside from rodney taking jubal for a solid block of time while i just rush all projects). i finally washed the froggy shower curtain (the kids always wipe shampoo faces on it) and have been doing tiny quantities of dishes and table clearing, etc. all morning. whatever gets done it'll feel good. there is no escaping the fact that my house is veeeery lived in and very full and active and also very, very tiny. haha.
the last couple of days i've been hardening off my first batch of seedlings--herbs and brassicas, mostly. they seem to be taking it well and i'll probably plant them next week. that will feel very good. the back garden has nothing in it yet, it's lonesome for some plant action. well, it has those darn thistles, but no food crops yet.
i woke up deliciously sore this morning (well, it was delicious after the first five minutes when i was wondering if someone snuck a pint of whiskey into me last night, i was so sore)...i love spring, summer, and fall for all the yard work and gardening chores. i just realized i lied--the back garden does have potatoes planted in it, but they aren't up yet. i planted them in the spot that had the oat ground cover and guess what? no thistles there! so, next year, all cover crop for the winter, it seems to really help. i have to find some time this weekend to plant the dahlias grampa brought me. and speaking of being busy as a bee, i saw some honeybees yesterday working the dandelions in the north garden (if they're real dandelions i always leave them, they're one of my favorite plants). it was a refreshing sight.
i hope everyone is having a marvelous time, as i am.
gratitudes:
1) wyatt wayne's slow progression into sane doghood
2) that i have so many south-facing windows
3) libraries
4) reduce-reuse-recycle
5) the creative energy of all-that-is